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Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week, we’re starting with two bits of authentic Kiwiana. First, in Stuff Henry Cooke reviews New Zealand’s best and worst town slogans. You’ve got to read the entire article for the full effect, but here were some of my favourite ones: MOST IMPROVED: THE HUTT Someone once suggested a slogan for the wider Hutt area “Right up my Hutt Valley,” which sounds like a joke the marketing agency pitched by accident.…

Welcome back to Sunday reading. Our lead article: sheep. A Guardian article by Will Coldwell describes how the Faroe Islands have developed Google SheepView to map their landscape: Living across 18 tiny sub-polar islands in the north Atlantic, Faroe islanders are used to working in difficult conditions.…

why Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week, let’s start with a look at one of nature’s hardest-working organisms: the urban tree. In the New Yorker, Alex Hutchinson asks: what is a tree worth? The emerald ash borer, which has killed a hundred million trees across North America in recent years, offers a grim natural experiment.…

Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week’s edition is a bit short, but it’s looking at a few important issues. First, Tokyo. It’s surprisingly affordable – in spite of being a large city with not a lot of undeveloped land. The reason?…

Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week is the week that the Independent Hearings Panel released its recommendations on the Auckland Unitary Plan, so we’re going to lead off with a few reactions. First, Hayden Donnell at the Spinoff had a useful summary of the IHP’s decisions.…

Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week, a different take on housing markets. We normally focus on issues like zoning and development that affect the quantity of housing that gets built in a city, but things aren’t necessarily all hunky-dory once the housing’s there.…

Welcome back to Sunday reading. It’s been an interesting week, what with the Brexit and all. (Or rather, potential Brexit. Apparently nobody over there has any goddamn clue what they’re doing.) Brexit is worth talking a bit about, as there are some touch-points with urban policy.…

Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week, we’re leading off with two articles on innovative ideas from European places. The first is a Wired article explaining “why you should become an e-resident of Estonia“. Ben Hammersley reports on the Baltic country’s innovative approach to delivering government services digitally: The most advanced digital society in the world is a former Soviet Republic on the edge of the Baltic Sea.…

I can’t believe it’s already May. What’s happened to the year? Anyway, welcome back to Sunday reading. Today, I’d like to lead off with an important article by Huffington Post reporter Kate Abbey-Lambertz: “Cities aren’t designed for women. Here’s why they should be“.…

Welcome back to Sunday reading. This week, let’s start off with an impressive rant from Newshub reporter Lachlan Forsyth: “Auckland’s housing market is broken and it’s a lie to deny it“: Why is an entire generation being shut out of the housing market?…